By the time of the decision the Northern Territory Government had already changed the legislation to prevent this or future compulsory acquisition of lands subject to native title.

The only except is where the law passed by Parliament relates to land law (such as the registration of land titles and compulsory acquisition of land) and local government (Article 76).

Though the Community Land Act was repealed by the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, local authorities still retain considerable powers of compulsory acquisition of land.

In the nineteenth century incorporation of utility and railway companies was also generally accompanied by other inducements and special powers deemed necessary for the success of the undertaking, such as rights of compulsory acquisition of land.

Third and most important, under her term, the DAR shifted its land acquisition thrust from the voluntary offer-to-sell (VOS) scheme to compulsory acquisition of lands to hasten the pace of the CARP.

Concerns include the threats made earlier in the year by the Premier regarding compulsory acquisition of land and the pre-empting of the Joint State and Commonwealth environmental and cultural assessment process via announcements by Woodside and the Premier."

The second set of compulsory powers were not to become operative until the 'second appointed day' and were to be brought into effect only if it appeared 'that it is necessary in the public interest to enable the commission to obtain authority for the compulsory acquisition of land by a simplified procedure'.

In France a Déclaration d'Utilité Publique was promulgated by the Prime Minister on May 6 1987 to authorise the compulsory acquisition of land need to build the Tunnel and associated infrastructure, and on June 15 laws number 87-383 and 87-384 authorised the President to ratify the treaty.